An Ethnography of Longplayer: Year 25 is a new work by artist and animator Jess Mountfield. In the 25th anniversary year of Jem Finer’s 1000-year-long piece of music, Mountfield’s installation explores the fleeting nature of stewardship, when what is being cared for has been composed to continue for many human lifetimes. A collage of the…
OPEN HOUSE 📍 Trinity Buoy Wharf, E14 🗓️ 13th-14th, 20th-21st September As part of Open House Festival, Trinity Buoy Wharf is opening its artist studios and heritage sites to the public for two weekends this September: 13th-14th and 20th-21st. Longplayer’s Trustees and friends will be at the Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse, home to Longplayer’s London…
From the 4th to the 31st August, a Longplayer listening post will be installed in the Lady Chapel of Exeter Cathedral to mark the artwork’s 25th anniversary, and the Cathedral’s 975th anniversary. Throughout this time, visitors are invited to listen to Longplayer’s 1000-year-long score in one of the oldest parts of Exeter Cathedral, and to…